National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 8, Ottawa 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Justin Kea, Kendrick Nicholson
Linesmen: Caleb Apperson, Andrew Smith
Attendance: 13993
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Ottawa 1124
Buffalo 1438
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
8:01 - Sabres Jack Quinn (PP) Assists: Bowen Byram , Rasmus Dahlin
16:09 - Senators Tim Stutzle (EV) Assists: Fabian Zetterlund , Jordan Spence
Penalties
6:36 - Senators Fabian Zetterlund (2) Holding
 10:09 - Sabres Ryan Johnson (2) Interference
 13:21 - Sabres Jacob Bryson (2) Delay of game
2nd Period
Scoring
3:58 - Senators Jake Sanderson (PP) Assists: Ridly Greig , Dylan Cozens
6:46 - Sabres Ryan McLeod (SH) Assists: Zach Benson , Owen Power
10:17 - Sabres Alex Tuch (EV) Assists: Jacob Bryson , Josh Doan
11:46 - Sabres Jason Zucker (PP) Assists: Rasmus Dahlin , Zach Benson
13:43 - Sabres Jason Zucker (PP) Assists: Josh Doan , Tage Thompson
Penalties
2:17 - Sabres Bowen Byram (2) Tripping
 3:58 - Sabres Bench (2) Delay of game
 5:48 - Sabres Alex Tuch (2) Slashing
 11:03 - Senators Claude Giroux (2) Roughing
 11:03 - Sabres Peyton Krebs (2) Roughing
 11:03 - Senators Shane Pinto (2) Roughing
 11:03 - Sabres Conor Timmins (2) Roughing
 11:03 - Senators Claude Giroux (2) Roughing
 13:12 - Senators Ridly Greig (2) High sticking
3rd Period
Scoring
0:40 - Senators Shane Pinto (EV) Assists: Jordan Spence , Jake Sanderson
2:15 - Senators Lars Eller (EV) Assists: Nick Cousins , Jordan Spence
2:32 - Sabres Ryan McLeod (EV) Assists: Alex Tuch , Josh Doan
3:17 - Sabres Jack Quinn (EV) Assists: Peyton Krebs
16:44 - Sabres Jiri Kulich (EV) (EN) Assists: Tage Thompson , Zach Benson
Penalties
None.
Ottawa Senators
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Leevi Merilainen G 0 0 0 0 0 58:06 45:56 9:31 2:39 0 0 - - - - -
Linus Ullmark G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Artem Zub D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 24 14:40 12:46 0:00 1:54 0 0 2 - - - -
Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 26 16:11 15:27 0:00 0:44 0 0 - - - - -
Jordan Spence D 0 3 3 +3 0 2 25 17:59 17:51 0:08 0:00 0 0 4 1 - - -
Shane Pinto C 1 0 1 -1 2 3 24 17:44 11:12 5:04 1:28 0 0 1 - 3 3 50
Olle Lycksell RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 16 11:59 11:59 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Tim Stutzle LW 1 0 1 -2 0 5 25 21:12 16:11 4:30 0:31 0 0 1 - 8 3 73
Drake Batherson RW 0 0 0 -3 0 3 24 17:27 13:07 4:20 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Fabian Zetterlund LW 0 1 1 E 2 2 20 14:38 14:32 0:06 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Nick Cousins C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 17 11:10 11:10 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Michael Amadio RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 22 13:43 12:29 0:03 1:11 0 0 1 - 2 0 100
Dylan Cozens C 0 1 1 -3 0 5 24 15:59 11:39 4:20 0:00 0 0 2 - 9 4 69
Claude Giroux RW 0 0 0 -1 4 2 20 15:41 10:23 5:18 0:00 0 0 1 1 4 1 80
Tyler Kleven D 0 0 0 E 0 4 23 15:58 15:51 0:07 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
David Perron LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 25 16:50 12:07 4:43 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ridly Greig C 0 1 1 -2 2 0 22 16:25 11:18 4:30 0:37 0 0 3 1 5 2 71
Thomas Chabot D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 30 21:56 16:17 4:54 0:45 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jake Sanderson D 1 1 2 E 0 3 28 22:07 15:46 4:26 1:55 1 0 - 2 - - -
Lars Eller C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 22 17:36 10:59 5:06 1:31 0 0 - - 5 6 45
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Alex Lyon G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 47:50 2:39 9:31 0 0 - - - - -
Colten Ellis G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 +1 2 0 30 25:54 22:37 0:22 2:55 0 0 2 2 - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 3 3 +1 0 2 23 16:52 13:15 2:13 1:24 0 0 1 1 - - -
Justin Danforth RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 10 6:14 4:02 0:00 2:12 0 0 - 1 1 2 33
Jason Zucker LW 2 0 2 E 0 3 15 11:43 9:28 2:13 0:02 2 0 3 - 0 1 0
Peyton Krebs C 0 1 1 +1 2 1 18 12:52 12:48 0:00 0:04 0 0 4 - 4 5 44
Jiri Kulich C 1 0 1 -2 0 1 21 13:45 13:45 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 2 1 5 17
Conor Timmins D 0 0 0 E 2 1 30 24:36 17:52 0:00 6:44 0 0 1 4 - - -
Jack Quinn RW 2 0 2 +1 0 3 22 15:49 14:47 0:26 0:36 1 0 - - - - -
Owen Power D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 32 23:44 17:42 0:00 6:02 0 0 4 - - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 2 2 -2 0 3 31 25:52 19:49 2:39 3:24 0 0 - 1 - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 12:10 8:51 0:00 3:19 0 0 - 1 0 1 0
Ryan Johnson D 0 0 0 +1 2 9 5:12 5:12 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 14:40 12:11 0:00 2:29 0 0 4 - 1 5 17
Ryan McLeod C 2 0 2 +3 0 5 28 17:28 13:27 0:00 4:01 0 1 - - 6 11 35
Tage Thompson C 0 2 2 -2 0 0 24 16:46 13:47 2:39 0:20 0 0 5 2 6 5 55
Jacob Bryson D 0 1 1 +2 2 22 12:47 12:47 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Alex Tuch RW 1 1 2 +2 2 4 28 20:00 15:12 0:26 4:22 0 0 - 3 0 1 0
Josh Doan RW 0 3 3 +1 0 3 21 13:55 11:38 2:17 0:00 0 0 2 0 1 1 50
Goaltending
Ottawa
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Leevi Merilainen L (0-1-0) 26 19 7 .731 0 58:06
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Alex Lyon W (1-3-0) 37 33 4 .892 0 60:00